“If hangovers don’t generally hasten drinking, we can rule out a direct causal role of hangovers in the acceleration of problem drinking.”

Another member of the study team, Damaris Rohsenow, professor of behavioural and social sciences at Bown University, added that trying to deter a problem drinker by warning them of hangovers was a “waste of time”.

She continued that drinkers were more likely to look back on the pleasures of drinking the night before rather than dwell on their present discomfort.

“The pain of hangover is temporary, and may be considered a nuisance rather than an important negative consequence. Some studies show that younger drinkers do not consider hangovers to be a negative experience, and that many drinkers are willing to experience hangovers time after time,” she said.

The full study will be published in the May issue of “Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research”.

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